Log-barking apparatus



March 1 1927. i

J. MoRAvEc.A

LOG BARKING APPARATUS FiledAug. 2, 1924 9 SheesLSheei'l 1 March l 1927. 1,619,151

,J. MORAVEC Los BARKING APARATUS Filed Aug. r2; 1924 9 sheetslsneet s March `l, 1927. MORAVEC v 1,619,151

LOG BARKING .APPARATUS Filed Aug. 2, 1924 9 Sheets-Shetl 5 J. MORAVEC LOG BARKING APPARATUS March 1, 1927. 1,619,151

Filed Aug. 2, 1924 9 sheetssneet e March l, 1927. I v 1,619,151 J. MoRAvEc y v LOG BARKING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 2, 1924 1 9 SheetslSh'eet '7 March 1,1927. 1,619,151 v v 1 J. MoRAvEc i LOG BARKING APPARATUS Filed Aug. a, 1924 e sheetsheet e Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES JOHN MORAVEC, VANCOUVER, BRITISH ('JOIIJ'IIYCBIA,A

' LOG-BARKING APPARATUS.

Application filed August 2, 1924. Serial No. 729,781.

This invention relates to Ydevices for removing the bark from logs, it being designedV to provide an apparatus wherein the barkremoving operation is carried-out with' a minimum of time expenditure and in a complete manner.

It is also the object of the invention to provide means whereby the logs will be fed to the parts performing the bark-removing l0 operations and removed therefrom, as the bark removal is completed, automatically.

A further object of the invention is to make the action of the parts of the apparatus adjustable so as to adapt it to operation with logs of varying characters; that is to say, logs requiring a greater or less time for the removal` of the bark therefrom.

An apparatus of this character, manipulating such heavy material as logs, is subject to severe strains and to considerable wear, and it is another object of the invention to reduce to the greatest extent possible such wear and strains and to make the structure such that it can et't'ectually resist those strains thatcannot be eliminated.

Other objects and features of the invention will appear from the following description, in which I have shown several exempliications of the preferredl manner of carrying out my said invention, it being understood that the same is not limited to any specific form, arrangement or construction of parts, except in so far as defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same characters of reference desi nate the same parts in all the figures, I ave shown the preferred embodiment of my invention. Y

In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional sidejelevation of'o'ne form of apparatusunder said invention.

Figs. l, l", 1c and V1d are detail views thereof.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation of said apparatus on a line passing through the log-hold or bin.

. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lower part of the apparatus.

Rig. 4 is a plan view of the log-advancing carriage, on an enlarged scale.

Figs. 5 and 6 are a front and side elevation, respectively,`of a variable speed transor bolted to the foundation, are secured four mision device forming part of the apparatus.

`Fig. 7 lis a vertical sectional elevation of a somewhat modified form of apparatus.

Fig. 8, a plan view, and "Fig 9, an end elevation of the same. y

Fig. 10 represents in sectional side elevation still another modified form embodying my invention. A Referring; rst to Figs. l to 4 of the drawing, it will be observed that the apparatus therein shown comprises an upper log-deck A to which the logs a to be barked or rossed are brought by a suitable conveyor and on which they are stored in suitable number to be automatically fed one by one to a log-hold or bin B in\ which they are heaped or piled up in a series to be fed one by one to the barking' or rossing device C. Below the log-hold or bin and between its lower terminus and the barkingidevice C is arranged a reciprocating log-ejector D, adapted to advance periodically and intermittently to remove the lowermost log from the barking device C and to drop it onto the delivery chute or way E, to be removed from the apparatus while permitting the next log above in the bin to drop into engagement with the barking device C.

The upper log-deck A is inclined as shown .to permit the logs to roll automatically toward the vforward portion of the deck, at which point is arranged an escapement stop a', which is periodically tilted as hereinafter described to release one log and to arrest the next log in the series, the released log being then free to roll into log bin B.

The lo bin B, log ejector D and abrading device are subjected to considerable strains and shocks by the weight of the logs descending and rotating within the bin, and .these parts are' hence mounted on a supporting frame constructed as follows. On the two heavystandards 10, 10 of cast iron or .other suitable material, and suitably secured stout brackets 1 of similar material, which brackets form the base for the upright arms 2 of cast metal, steel or other suitable material. The standards 10 are rigidly connected by two stay rods 110, 110, see Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and these stay rods are in turn iirnily connected by suitably space-d bracebars 111, two pairs in the present instance. To these arms 2 are lirmly bolted the two vertical and parallel wall plates 3, 3 of sheet metal, sncll as boiler plate iron, or any other suitable and desirable material.

The wall plates 3, 3 form the end walls of the log bin B. The side walls of said bin are open and in the form of two pairs of tracks I) b b t, as best seen in Figs. 1 and 2. These tracks b are formed each by a pair of uprightangle irons 6 firmly bolted to a number (live in the present case) of connecting bars in the form of horizontal channel irons 5, which-in turn are secured in position by being clamped between five Apairs of angle iron brackets 4 which are riveted firmly to the end walls 3. This arrangement 'for snpporting the tracks is ,best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, taken in connection'with Fig. 1.

The'wall-plates 3 are thus rigidly stayed by the bars or channel-irons 5 which extend across from one plate to the other, being secured thereto at their respective ends as described above.

In order to facilitate the rolling movement of the logs a Within the bin B for purposes to be stated further on, the ti acks are provided with a continuous series of antifriction rollers 'formed as disks 6" extending from one end of the bin and the tracks to the other and all journaled in the inwardly extending flanges 6 of the angle irons 6 which form the tracks. Asvshown, these disks are arranged so as to successively overlap one another and their pcriphcries extend suiiiciently beyond the tracks b to offer an eiective lanti-frictional support to the logs rest-` ingt against the tracks. The rollers are made ot any suitable resisting material, such as steel, for example.

"lhe standards 10 also serve as a support for the pillow blocks 7 for the journals 8 of the rossing or abra'ding rollers 9 of the abrading' device C for removing the bark. These rossin or abrading rollers 'may be of any desire( or suitable constructlon and arrangement, but for illustration I have preferred to show the rossing device disclosed and 0 claimed in my Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,456,328, of May 22, 1923, to which reference is hereby made for a. full description of the saine. As seen from Fig.

1, these rossing or abrading rollers are spaced apart and form a support forthe lowermost log from the bin B. This abrading 'device comprising the abrading rollers 9, it is tobe observed, extends substantially the entire length of the bin B, thus serving to remove` the bark from the entire length of the logs atone and the same time. It will be noted by reference to Fi .Y 2 that the bearing for. the lower ldriving s aft 11 of this rossing de vice is supported by a bracket 12 firmly bolted to standard 10. The pulley 13 keyed Vor riveted to the parts.

to shaft 11 serves yto receive the power :from any source of energy by a belt and to transmit it to the abrading Adevice through the shaft 11.

This abrading vdevice is arranged directly below the log hold or bin B in such a Way as to receive each .log as it arrives at the bottom of the bin. Between the abrading device C and the log hold or bin B is arranged the log-ejecting device D comprising a carriage 14, .furnished With six guide rollers 15, resting and arranged to travel on the rails 16 secured to the upright arms 2 by bolts 17 or in any desired manner. The carriage is arranged to periodically and intermittently reciprocate horizontally and transversely to the log hold B, and between the same and the abra'ding device C, for the purpose oi ejecting the lowermost log after it has been barked by the said abrading device C, passing it on to the delivery chute E, and permitting the next log above in the log-hold to descend into engagement with the rollers 9 of the rossing device. As seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the carriage 14 comprises the side plates 18 of sheet metal, such as boiler plate, connected by the transverse bars 19 and 19', through the intervention of angle irons or brackets 20 properly bolted As best shown in Fig. 4, suiicient space is left betweenthe transverse bars 19 and 19 to form an opening to permit the'descent .of the logs to the rossing device when the carriage 14 is in its initial position, Fig. 1. In order to facilitate the ea passage of the "carriage 14 under the tier of ogs a in the hold B as these logs are lifted to some extent in the act of ejecting the barked lowermost log, an anti-friction device, in the form of a number of roll tracks d, d is mounted at the rear upper part or surface of the carriage on the bars 19, 19. These-roll tracks d, it will be noted, consist of a series of anti-friction rollers 0r` disks 21 whose horizontal axles are journaled in the upwardly extending flanges 22 of the angle irons 23 secured by riveting or bolting to the bars 19, 19. The sheaves in-each roll track d, it will be seen, are arranged in two logV hold;

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At the upper forward portion and at the lower rear portion `of the carriage and facing the openingor space between the bars 19 and 1 9 are arranged and mounted the friction rollers 24 and 25, respectively, as seen from Figs. 1, 2 and 4. As appears from Figs. 1 and 4, these rollers 24, 24 and .25, 25'eXtend somewhat into the said opening or space, and they serve to guide the logs into position on the rossing device C when the carriage is in its rear position, and to push out the log from the rossing device when the carriage moves forward. At-the forward portion of the carriage is mounted the transverse shaft V26, which is firmly and snugly secured at its ends in the two l side plates 18, and prevented from longitudinal slip by the set collars 181, 181 one at each end, and to whichthe driving rod 27 from the carriage-actuating mechanism is connected by aneye 271 thereon which en# circles said shaft 26 and is steadied and secured in place byand between collars 272 securedto the set-screws or'in any suitable .manner To prevent any vibration of the shaft 26, an eyed bracket Vor stud 261 encircles the said shaftat an intermediate point and is bolted or otherwise secured to the bar 19, from which it depends. Y

To eject logs of smaller diameter by the carriage it is necessary to raise them some- .lower ends -are eachl pivoted at 282 to the rear end of one of the rocklevers 29, 29 to which a timed rocking movement is imparted by means described below. The lifters 28 are, moreover, connected each to one stay-rod 110 each by a, link 30 pivoted' at 300 to the respective lifter and loosely encircling the stay-'rod 110, set collars 301 -being arranged on said stay rods between each link and the corresponding braces 111, as shown in Fig. 3, to properly steady the said links. At their upper extremities the lifters 28 are rovided with friction-rollers 283 which re uce the friction ofthe log resting onthe lifter, as' it is being pushed awayby the ejector.

In order to feed a further log from the deck A intothe log bin B, as a log is eject- `a link rod 31 at one end, the other end of said link rod being pivoted to one arm of v the lever 32 fulcruxned at 321, the other arm of said lever 32 being connected by a link. 33 with one arm of the escapement-stop a', which is pivoted at a2. This escapement sto is formed .with a log-arresting stopor a utment La? on its rear arm and a stop or abutment a3 on the forward' arm and is so arranged that when one of these stops extendsfully into the-path of the logs above the floor of the deck A the other i withdrawn out of such path, and vice versa.`

deck and permitting it to roll into the bin B, while the stop a4 simultaneously rises to `intercept and arrest the next log of the series. When the link rod 31 rises, this play jis reversed, the stop a3 rises and the stop a"L drops below thedeck, the series of logs rolling forward until arrested by the stop a3 and in position for the release of another log on the next descent of the link rod 31.

The means for driving and actuating the various parts of the apparatus so lfar described are best shown in Figs. 1 'and 3. Power from any source of energy or motor is transmitted tothe pulley 35 keyed to the upper counter' shaft 36 by a belt 37, and thence from pulley 371, also keyed to said counter shaft 36, by be1t372 to the pulley 38 keyed or otherwise secured to the lower counter shaft 39 journaled in the bearings or pillow blocks 398 and 399. On the counter U shaft 39 is irmly keyed a compact small 'friction roller 40. At thebearing 399 the shaft 39 passes loosely through the eccentric bushing 41, which is accurately fitted and arranged to oscillate to a small extent in the bearing 399, which bearing is firmly bolted to the foundation 397. On the shaft 43 is keyed a large friction roller 44 with which the small friction pulley 4() is brought into tight contact to rotate the same whenever the eccentric bushing for the shaft 39 is brought into the proper position therefor. At the end of the shaft 43 opposite the friction pulley 44 there is tightly shrunk and firmly keyed a spur pinion 45 which meshes Vwith the spur` gear 46, rmly fitted and keyedto the shaft 47. The spur gear 46 is 'provided with a crank or wrist pin 48 firmly Vfitted into the body of the gear and this wrist pin engages the sliding block 49A ar ranged to slide in the slot 5 0 of the rockl arm 51 firmly trunnioned or pivoted in th bearing -52 secured to the foundation 5 Fig. 1. At its top this rock arm 51 is formed with an eyed head connected tothe forward end of the driving rod 27 which connects with the shaft 26 of the carriage 14.# By this mechanism the rock arm 51 is caused to oscillate and, through the driving rod 27, to impart a reciprocating movement to the carriage 14. In order to concurrently lift a small log a out of engagement with the rossing rollers 9 and into convenient position to be pushed forward with the least expenditure of energy and strain on the carriage 14 as the latter advances, and also to release a log on the deck A and' to permit it to roll into the log bin B to replace the, one being removed by the carriage, the levers29 are rocked by the following device which receives its movement through the reciproeation of carriage 1 4. To the shaft 26 are connected the two pairs of links 54, 54, which in turn are connected by. eyes to two rocking cam levers 55, 55 mounted and fixed Von axle 555 journaled in bearings 556 and provided' at their lower arms with the cam faces 56, 56, which bear on anti-friction rollers 294 on the forward extremity of the rock levers 29, thereby depressing that extremity of levers 29 and raising the other extremity and with it the lifters 28, which thereby raise the lowermost log from engagement with the yrossing rollers 9 into a convenient position for impingement with the rollers 'of the carriage, so that it can readily be rolled out of the a paratus into the delivering chute or Way 1E as the carriage is drawn forward by driving rod 27. The cam 56 is so shaped that the lifters will not rise sufficiently to reach the logs of the larger diameters which rest on the rossin'g rollers, which do not sink suiiiciently into the gap between -these rollers and, therefore, occupy the correct height to be convenientl gras d by the rollers 25 of the carriage, ut wille only im inge and push against the small diameter ogs. The shape of these camsis also such, and their movement is so timed, that the lifters will raise the logs before the rollers 25 impinge against said logs as the carriage advances. As the forward arm of the rock lever 29 descends it draws down the link 3l, thereby operating the escapement a to release and drop a logr into the'bin B as a log is being ejected and removed from the abrading devifie, ashhas been helfei'nlbefore 1described.

or t e pu ose o ternate engagin and disengagilnlg the friction rol ers 40 and 44 and intermittently st op ing the move ment of the carriage .14, the ifter 28 and the escapement stop a', a lever beam 57 isfrmly shrunk and ti htl fitted to the eccentric bushing 41. t e forked end 58 of the lever beam is journaled a friction roller 59 which bears against the" cam l69'mounted on and firmly shrunk on or keyed to shaft 61. The other arm of the lever beam isro-l vided with an 'adjustable weight 62 w 'ch meshing with the spur gear 65 ke .same shaft 61l with the cam60.

' serves to yieldingly press the friction roller 59 against the cam 60. The cam 60 receives its rota movement from a shaft 63 through` the pinion 64 keyed to said shaft 63 and tothe in particular Fig. 3. To accurately adjust the required small amount of play between the friction rollers 40 and 44, the friction roller 59 is made adjustable with relation to the cam by being rotatably mounted on an axle extending between two eccentric bushings whose arrangement and construction appear' best in Figs. 1, 1c and 1d, which represent a transverse vertical section, a. plan view and a side view, respectively, on an enlarged scale, of the forked end of the arm and the parts it carries. As seenin these figures, the friction roller 59 is rotatably mounted on the axle 599, terminating'at one end with an eccentric bushing 59 having a polygonal head 58', for enabling the bushing to be turned by a wrench or key, secured thereto or integral therewith. -This bushing is iitted into one arm 58 of the forked end of the lever beam 57. The other end of the axle passes through and is keyed to a second eccentric bushing 59 similarly fitted into the other arm of the forked end. The latter end of axle 599 is screw threaded and engaged by a nut 58". It `will be understood that by loosening the nut 58" and turning the two bushings 59 'and 59" to the desired position, and then tightening the nut 58? the friction roller will be raised or lowered with respect to cam 60, thereby varying the extent of play between the'friction gears 4() and 44 to the amount desired for each oscillation of lever beam 57. To drive the shaft 63 and thereby to make the apparatus operate automatically there is arranged and firmly keyed on the counter shaft 86 a second pulley 66, which pulley is connected by belt or chain 67 with the lower pulley 68 firmly secured to the shaft 63 on whichthe spur pinion 64 is mounted.

To make the speed of rotation of the cam 60 adjustable at will, the pulleys 66 and 68 are made reversely conical and means are provided to shift the belt on these pulleys.

his arrangement is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The belt shifterthere shown comprises two belt-fork blocks 90, 91, Aone for each pulley, and arranged to slide on the guide rods 92 and 93 extending between the standards 94, 94 and the hanger brackets 95, 95, respectively, andwhich coincidently act as stay rods for these standards and brackets. Between the stay rods there is arranged a screw spindle 96 passing through and threaded into the belt-fork block and a screw spindle 97 passing through and threaded into thebelt-fork block 91. To .each of these screw s indles is keyed at one end a. sprocket whee 98, the two sprocket wheels being connected Aby an endless s rocket chain 99 passing over them. To

t e lower spindle 96 is also keyed or secured n a hand wheel 100. The operation of these parts is readily understood. B turning the and wheel 100 in one o1' the ot erdireetion the lower fork block is caused to slide in one or the other direction, while the chain and sprocket wheel connection will cause the upper fork block to shift in the same direction. The belt being therebys shifted on the conical pulleys, the ratio of speed transmission will be changed in a manner well understood.

Somewhat in advance of and below the log hold or bin B and the abrading device C and lengthwise of the same, as shown, is arranged an inclined way or chute E onto which the rossed logs are rolled over the guideway e after being ejected by the carriage 14. This chute serves to deliver the logs from the apparatusv to suitable conveyors Ibelow the same. As appears from,

Fig. 2,- the inclined way or chute E meets the platform e at a point below the abrading device which) is considerably7 to the left of their center of gravity, said platform extending substantially from one extremity of the abrading device and the logs thereon to a point less than midway of the abrading device, as shown, so that as they descend from the abrading device they will Vimmediately tilt into contact with the inclined,-

way. To facilitate their vmovement down the said way the same is equipped with the anti-friction rollers ,or idlers e2 projecting through the same at intervals, as shown( To prevent the logs from rolling beyond the chute as they descend, a ward or stop e3 is arranged at the right of the chute.

The logs are fed to the log deck A in any desired manner, for example, by an endless chain f running transversely to the log hold over sprocket wheel f', the logs being delivered against a stop f2 onto a seat f3 having sufficient incline to cause the log to roll onto the hold A when it reaches said stop f2.

The manner of operation of the apparatus is apparent from the foregoing. Assuming the carriage 14 to occupy its position of rest at the left in Fig. 1, the lowermost log a is being abra-ded or rossed by the rollers 9, 9, this action being assisted and accelerated by the 'weight of the superimposed logs in the log bin B. This occurs while the friction roller 59 ofthe lever beam 57 rests against the lower portion of cam 60. As the cam in its further revolution bears against the friction roller' 59 lwith its higherpor'- tion it causes the right arm of the lever beam lto rise and, through the eccentric bushing 41,

to force the friction roller into contact with4 the roller 44, thereby causing the arm 51 to rock through the. medium of the gears 45 vand 46 andthe slide bloei; 49 workingin slot 50, which arm 51 in turn, by drive rod 27,

draws the carriage 14 forward to the right,

thereby rolling the lowermost -log a from off ,the abrading rollers-9, 9 by the lateral thrust exercised by the friction rollers 25 at the lower rear part of the opening 1n saldcarriage, the log being rolled forward until it descends over theguideway e into the chute by `which it leaves the apparatus. For the logs of smaller diameter this ejecting action is assisted by the lifter 28, which is raised coincidently with the advance of the carriage by the lever beam 29 actuated by the cam lever actuated from the'carriage as here-in above set forth.l By thus raising the log as the carriage advances a great amount of resistance and injurious strains on the rear parts of the carriage are overcome,'since by the lifter the log may be raised intosuch a position tlhat the only resistances to be overcome by the carriage are those due to the weight of the logs in the bin and the rolling friction Aover the forward roller 9.

The position of the two lowermost lo when thus acted on by the lifter 28 and the roller 25 of the carriage 14 as it advances is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

As the under-most log is thus removed from the apparatus, a further log is coincidently fed to the bin B from the log deck by egcapement stop a whose forward stop a3 is lowered to release the foremost log, permitting it to roll into the bin, by lever beam 29 through the medium of the rod 31, lever 32 and link 33 at the time the carriage advances and the lifter 28 rises, the movevment being. preferably so timed that a log on the deck will be released and will roll into the bin when the lowermost log has been y Completely removed from under the bin. The cam 60 is so formed and its movements are so timed that, through the intervention of the lever-beam 57 and the eccentric bushfing 41 in which the shaft 39 of the friction roller 40 is journaled, said friction roller 40 will be in contact with the friction-gear wheel 44 suiiciently long to cause the rock arm 51 to make one complete oscillation, thus causing the reciprocating carriage 1A- to advance to eject the under-most log from the abrading device, to return to its initial position at the left and to remain there suficie'ntly long lto permit the next log that has descended to the abrading device to be completely barlred before the carriage advances again.

As the carriage 14 advances to the rlght it closes the lower opening of the bin B, and opens it again' on its return to .its mitial position of rest, thereby permittmg the nextlog to descend to the abrading device. A ,very important advantage due to the log-bin, in which the superimposed logs are fed one by one lto the abrading device besides speeding and improving the rossing operation by reason of the weight of the logs, lies in the fact that the rotationof the lowermost logis transmitted tothese superimposed logs in the manner =offa train of gearing, and this rotary motion of the con' antidriction dislrs 6 which are arranged on the longitudinal inner sides of the bin, as shown. This rotation of the logs in contact with each other effects a considerable preliminary abrasion, wearing away and loosening of' the barlr before the logs reach the cutting rollers 9, 9, thereby materially shortening the time during which these rollers will have to act. Moreover, the disks G" against which the logs lean at one side or the other of the bin serve to Wear annular grooves into the bark, severing the longitudinal fibres thereof, so that the said barl'is divided into a number of annular jackets which are more readily removed from the log when it reaches the cutting rollers 9, 9.

The actuating .mechanism in the apparatus thus far described and represented in Figs. 1 to 3 is most suitable for use in log-barlring apparatus for handling logs of the smaller sizes having a length of four feet or there* y about. For apparatus designed for handling logs of a length ranging from eight to twelve l'eet I prefer to employ a direct connection of the log-ejecting carriage Wit-h a source of energr such as a steam or fiuid driven piston. Such a modified apparatus is represented in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the drawing. By referring to these figures 1t will be observed that this modified embodr ment of my invention is in al1 respects identical with the first form of apparatus except in the following particulars:

The carriage 14 is in this case connected to the piston-rod 71 of the steam engine 70 by the connecting or driving rod 27.4 In order that movement of the engine piston and consequently that of the ycarriage 14 shall proceed automatically and intermitf tently as in the first, embodiment of my invention, I control the same from the counter shaft 36 through the belt 67, the pulle 68 and the spur pinion 64 on shaft 63 mes ing with spur Wheel 65 on shaft 61, all of which parts are as described in connection with the first embodiment of the invention. On'the shaft 61 is firml mounted and keyed the cam 72 against w ich impinges the friction roller 59. on one arm ofthe lever arm 57 fulcrumed at 73, and provided with Yan adjustable weight 62 arran ed on the other arm of the lever beam an of such ma nitude as to maintain the roller 59" in rm impingement against the cam 72. The end of the lever beam 57 is'connected by the pitman rod 74 with an arm 75, which arm 1s firmly secured and ke ed einst move4 ment thereon to the smal horizontal shaft 7 6 arranged to turn in bearings 77, to which shaft is firmly secured a einst movement thereon the depending arm 8, which in turn is connected to the steam-admission valve stem 79 by the link 79. This depending arm 78 is fitted to the 'shaft 76 exactly in the vertical plane of the center line of :the

steam-admission valve stem 79, as appears from Fig. 9 of the drawing.

vis the internicshing spur Wheels revolve in consequence of the rotation of the pulley ($8, they cause the cani, acting in conjunction with the weight G2 to alternately raise and lower the pitinan-rod 7i, which, through the intervention of the arms and 78, causes the steam-admission valve'stein 79 to be shifted to the right and then to the left, thereby causing carriage lil to be drawn alternately and intermittently first in one direction and thereupon in the opposite direi-tion by the piston rod 7l and the driv ing rod 27 connected to it, as will be readily understood. The cam 72 is so shaped in a manner well understood that when the carriage 14 is in its left-hand rear position with the opening between the bars 19 and 19 below and registering with the bin B it will remain at rest a sufiicient length of time to permit the log which passed from the bin through said opening to the abrading rollers 9, 9 to be entirely barked or rossed before the carriage is again drawn forward by the action of the engine to ject said log. By employing the cone pulleys and belt-shifting arrangement described in connection with the first described embodiment of my invention, the length of time for which the carriage is to remain at rest to suit the particular character of logs handled may be varied at pleasure and Within practical limits. I

For manipulating very heavy logs, suoli as logs of twelve feet in length or thereabout and exceeding sixteen inches in di ameter I prefer to arrange the log hold or bin 1n an inclined position and to dispense with the log-lifting devices 28 acting between the abrading rollers 9, 9, since there is no necessity for such lifter for the sizes exceeding 10 inches in diameter, as will be readily understood. An apparatus embodying such modification of myinventive idea is represented in Fig. l() of the drawing. This apparatus is in all respects identical with the one described in connection with Figs. 7 8 and 9, except in theifollowing particulars. The log bm or hold B is in this case inclined, whereby itsA left hand tracks b are imposition to take up a considerable part of the weight of the logs, thereby materially relievin the carriage 14 and they abradmg device of excessive and injurious strains. I find thatY by using four such rolltracks b onthe4 left side of.the bin this weight can be supported with safety.

Since in this arrangement the log-lifter 28 i of the' preceding two forms of apparatus is eliminated, there is no necessity for the rocklng cams 55 connected to the carriage and the lever beams 29, which, therefore, are also absent from this construction. In orderl to actuate the escapement stop a, which in the preceding constructions was oper-ated from the said lever beam 29, I have in this moditication connected the same withfthe parts for reciprocating the .carria e 14, as shown. The connecting rod 27 of t e said carriage is provided above its connection with the cross-head of the engine pitman rod with a .projection 81, o n which is pivoted a; link 82 connected to one arm of the bell-crank lever 83, the other arm of which is connected to one arm of the escapement stop a by the link 33, thereby causing the logs on the deck A to be released' and dropped into the bm or hold, one at each advance of the carriage 14, as in the preceding constructions.

This same movement for oscillating tlie escapement stop a may also be connected tothe driving rod 2 7 in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4, thereby doing away with the long upright link rods 31, as will be readily understood.

By eliminating the log lifter between the abrading rollers 9, 9,. a space, indicated in dotted lines at 84, is left below lthe said rollers, wherein may be installed a suitable bark conveyor for carrying the bark removed from the logs away from the apparatus to any uitable and desired point of use or disosa p What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentnis:

1. In a log-barking apparatus, a logabi'ading device arranged to support and abrade a log, in combination with a logejecting device,4 and means for moving the log-ejecting device across the log-abrading device.

2. In a log-barking apparatus, a pair of rotating log-abrading rollers arranged to vsupport a log between them, in combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged over ltlie abrading rollers, and means to reciprocate the carriage over the abrading rollers.

3. In a log-barking apparatus, alog bin for feeding a series of logs and a log-abrading device arranged below the feeding bin, in combination with a log-ejecting evice arranged between the bin and the abrading device, and means for moving the ejecting device over the abrading devicevand transversely to the bin.

4. In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin anda pair of log-abradmg rollers arranged below the bin to support a log between them, in 'combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin and the abrading rollers, and means to reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin.- t

5. In a log-barking apparatus, a loA binand a log-abrading device arranged elow the bin, in combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin and the abrading device, and means to intermittently reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin, said carriage being formed with an opening to permit the passage of tlielogs from the bin to tlie abrading device when the carriage is in its position of rest.

6. In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin' and a log-abrading device arranged below the bin, in combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin and the log-abrading device, and means to periodically reciprocate the carriage transversely to the l,bin, said carriage being formed with an opening to permit tlie passage ot' a log from the bin to the abrading device when the carriage is in its position of rest, said carriage being provided with an anti-friction roll track at its rear upper surface.

`7.' In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin and a log-abrading device arranged below the bin, in combination with a log-rejecting carriage arranged between th'e bin and the abradingxdevice, means to intermittently reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin, said carriage being formed with an opening to permit the passage of the legs from the bin to the abrading device when the carriage is in its position of rest, and

'anti-friction rollers arranged at opposite sides of and facing the said opening.

8. In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin and a log abrading device arranged below tlie bin, in combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin and the abrading device, means to intermittently reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin, said carriage being formed with an opening to permit the passage of the logs from the bin to the abrading device when the carriage is in its position of rest, and o i anti-friction rollers arranged at the upper forward portion and at a lower rear portion -of the carriage and extending into the said opening to guide a log from the bin to the abrading device' as the carriage'returns to its initial position of rest.

9,-In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin and a log-abrading device arranged below the bin, in combination with a log-ejectingcarriage arranged between the bin and the log-abrading device means to 'periodically reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin, said carriage being formed with an opening to permit the passage of a log from the bin to the abrading device'when the carriage is in its position of rest, Vsaid carriage Abeing provided witli an anti-friction roll track at its rear upper surface, and anti-- friction rollers. arranged at oppositesidesot' and facin the said opening to guide a log from the l(lain to the abrading device.

l0. A log bin for receiving and feeding logs comprising substantiallyparallel tracks arranged on each of the opposite longitudinal sides of the bin,in combinationwith a] l series of anti-friction rollers the tracks..

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logs comprising tracks arranged in pairs and longitudinally of the bin, in combination with a series of overlapping antilriction disks arranged between each pair o'l tracks.

l2. A log bin for receiving and feeding logs, comjnising upright arms mounted on staiulards and a pair of substantially parallel wall plates secured to the upright arms, transversely connecting bars extending across from one wall-plate to the otherl between and secured at each end to one of the said wall plates, in combination with log tracks arranged longitudinally ol the bin and secured to the transverse connecting bars.

13. A log'bin for receiving and feeding logs, comprising a pair of substantially parallel wall plates, a number ot' pairs or' angle irons secured in two vertical rows to each wall-plate and transverse connecting ybars between the wall plates arranged and se cured between the angle irons, in combination with tracks arranged longitudinally ot the bin and secured to the transverse conneeting bars, and anti-'friction4 rollers or sheaves journaled in the tracks.

14. A log bin for receiving and feeding logs, comprlsing a pair of substantially parallel wall-plates, transverse connecting bars between and secured at each end to the wallplates, in combination with log tracks arranged longitudinally o the bin and each formed of a pair of angle-irons secured to the transverse connecting bars, and antifriction rollers journaled etween the angleirons and projecting beyond the tracks.

15. A log-ejecting carriage provided with an opening to permit the passage of a log and provided at its upper rear ortion-with an anti-frictional track or trae s.

16. A log-ejecting carriage provided with an opening to permit the passage of a log and provided at its upper rear portion with an anti-frictional track or tracks, in combination with anti-frictional guide rollers for guiding a log in its descent through the opening arranged at the forward and the rear edges ofithe opening.

17., A log-ejecting carriage provided with an opening to permit the passage pf a log and provided 'at its upper rear portlon with an anti-frictional track or tracks, in combination with anti-frictional guide rollers for guiding 'a '10g in its descent throughthe openin `arranged at the l`forward and the rear e ges of the open1ng',"the rear guide rollers being arrangedlat a lower plane of the carriage.

18. A log-ejecting carriage provided with an openin to permit the passage of a log and provi ed at its upper rear portion with an anti-frictional track or tracks, in combination with anti-frictional guide rollers for guiding the logs in their descent arranged at the lower rear portion and the upper forward portion of the carriage and facing the opening.

19. A log-ejeeting carriage. provided with an auti-frictional track or tracks, said track or tracks comprising, respectively, a series ol" rollers arranged in a number ot rows, the axles of adjacent rows breaking joint with one another.

20. A logejeeting carriage provided with an antidrictional track or tracks, said track or tracks comprising a series of rollers, the sucessive roller being shifted laterally with respect to and overlapping one another.

V21. A. log-ejecting carriage provided with an anti-frictional track or tracks, comprising a series of rollers arranged in a number ot' rows, the axles of adjacent rows breaking joint with one another, the successive rollers being shifted laterally with respect to and overlapping one another.

22. In a log-barking apparatus, a logabrading device, in combination with alogejecting device, means for intermittently moving the log-ejecting device over the logabrading device, a log lifter for raising a log from the abrading device, and means t'or actuating said lifter as the ejecting device advances.

23. In a log-barking apparatus', a pair of log-abrading rollers arranged to support a log between them, in combination with a logejecting carriage arranged over the abrading rollers, a log lifter varranged to travel between the said rollers, and means to reciprocate the carriage over the rollers and to concurrently actuate the lifter.

24. In a log-barkin apparatus, a log bin for feeding a series o logs and a log-abradingdeviee arranged below the bin, in combination with a log-ejecting device arranged between the bin and the abrading device, a log lifter for raising a log from the abrading device, and means for moving the log-ejecting device over the abrading device and for actuating the lifter. 25. In a log-barking apparatus, a log bin and a pairV of log-abrading rollers arranged 'below the bin to support a log between them, `in comblnation with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin und the abrading rollers, a log lifter arranged to travel between the rollers, means to Vreciprocate the carriage over-'the rollers and to concurrentvly actuate .the lifter.

26. -In a log-barking ap aratus` a log bin and log-abrading device below the bin, in combination with a log-ejecting carriage arranged between the bin and the abrading device and formed with an opening to per mit the lpassage of the logs from the bin to the abrading device when the'carri'age is in its starting position, a log lifter for raising .a 10g from the abradng devie, means for intermittently reciprocating the carriage,

rangedto receivethe logs from the deck and an escapement stop for releasing the logs on the deck one by' fonefin combination with a log-abrading device below the bin, a log-ejecting device arranged between the bin and the abrading device, means for periodically moving the carriage'over the abrading device and concurrently actuating the escapement stop to release a lo on the deck as the carriage` moves forwar 28. In a log-barking apparatus, an inclined log deck' for supporting a series of logs, a log bin arranged contiguous to and extending below the said log deck, an escapement stop arranged to release the logs on the deck in' succession, in combination with a-log-abrading device below the bin, a lo -ejecting carriage arranged between the a rading device and the bin, means to intermittently reciprocate the carriage transversely to the bin and over the abrading device, and means connected with the carriage for actuating the escapement stop to release a log on the deck as the carriage removes a log from the abrading device.

29. In apparatus of the 4character'I described, a bm for feeding a series of logs, a log-abradng device and an ejecting device arranged to travel between the bin and the .abradmg device, in combination with a motor and means connected withthe motor to reciprocate the ejecting" device, and means also connected with the motor to intermittently arrest the reciprocating means when the ejecting device has arrived at its initial position.

30. In apparatus of the character described, a feeding device for logs, a logabrading device below the same and a logejecting carriage arranged to travel between the log-feeding device and the abrading 'device, in ,combination with a rock-arm connected with the carriage, means for oscillatsaid rock-arm, and means connected with said oscillating means for intermittently arresting'the same when the rock-arm and carriage have arrived at their initial point.

31. In apparatus of the character dei scribed,l a log biufor feeding a series of logs, a log-abrading device arranged below the bin and an ejecting device arrangedto -travel between the bin and the abrading de vice, lin combination with a. motor shaft and connections between the same and the eject-y ing device to reciprocate the said ejecting device, and means Vconnected to saidejecting device and connected with and actuated by the motor shaft to arrest the reciprocat-I -ing'means when the ejectingfdevice has arrived'at its initial position.

r 32. In a log barking apparatus, a pair of log between them, in combination with a logejecting carriage arranged over the lo abrading rollers, and means to periodica y reciprocate the carriage over the. abrading rollers.

33. In a log barking apparatus, alog bin for feeding a series of logs and a log-abrading device arranged below the bin, in combination with a. log-ejecting device arranged between the bin and the abrading device, and means for moving the log-ejecting device over the abrading device. y

- 34. In apparatus of the character described, a log-abrading device anda logejecting carriage arranged to travel over the log-abrading device, in combinationwith a log-abrading rollers arranged to support a 4 rock-arm connected with said carriage,-

means for oscillating said rock-arm, said oscillating means comprising a pair of friction rollers arranged Vto intermittently contact with one another, `and means for intermittently friction rollers. Y

35. In apparatus of the character described, alog-abrading' device and a logeJecting carriage arranged A to travel over the log-abrading device, in combination with a rock-arm connected with said carriage, means for oscillating said rock-arm, said oscillating means comprising a pair of fric- Y tion rollers arranged to intermittently vcontact with one another, one of said frictionrollers being journaled in an eccentric bushing adapted to turn, in itsbearing, a lever beam fixed to the eccentric bushing, a rotary cam, and means for yieldingly holding one end of the lever beam againstV the cam, ,fwhereby the friction rollers are intermittently separated, and the carriage is intermittently arrested -in its movement. 3.6. In apparatus of the character described, a log-abrading device and a logejecting carriage arranged to travel over the log-abrading device, in combination with a rock-arm connected with said carriage, means for oscillating Lsaid rock-arm, said oscillating meanscomprising a pair of friction rollers arranged vto intermittently contact with'one another, one of said friction rollers being journaled in an eccentric bushbrealring the contactvbetween said l 'eo ing adapted to turn' in its bearing, a lever-,

beam ixed to the eccentric bushing, a rotary cam, means for yieldingly holding one end ,of Vthe leverbeam against ,the cam, and 'means for varying the speed of the rotary cam, whereby the carriage is arrested in its movement eachtime it reaches its initial position, and its'period of rest may bead- .justed' according to the character of the log to be abraded.

37. In apparatus. of the character described, a` log-abrading device and alogejecting carriage arranged.` to travel over the log-abrading device, in combination with a vrock-arm connected with said carriage, means for oscillating said rock-arm, said oscillating means comprising a pair of friction rollers arranged to intermittently contact with one another, one of said frictionrollers bein journaled in an eccentric bushing, a lever- 1n fixed to the eccentric bushing, a 'rotary cam, and means for holding one end of the leverbeam against the cam, said end of the lever-beam being provided with a friction-roller mounted 'in eccentric adjustable bearings, to permit the adjustment of thegap between the friction-rollers in their inoperative position.

38. A log-abrading device and means for ejeotin in com ination with a chute arranged below a log transversely from the same,.

and lengthwise of the same, said chute com-r prising an inclined way the upper end of which extends beyond the middle of the length of the log-abrading device.

39. A log-abrading device and means for cjecting a log from the same, in combination with a. chute for carrying off the log below the same and comprising a substantially horizontal platform below the abrading de vice extending substantially from one end.V

of the abrading device to a. point less than midway oi the length of the aloradingdevice, and an inclined way sloping downward from said point o the platform.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOHN MORAVEC. 

